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First part of John Peel’s record collection goes online
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 1 May 2012
The first batch of 100 albums from late DJ John Peel’s 65,000 strong record collection will be made available to browse online today, with another 100 records due to be uploaded each week for the next six months – meaning 2600 will be available in the archive by October.
As previously reported, the project is being overseen by The John Peel Centre For Creative Arts, an arts centre in Suffolk established in the late great Radio 1 DJ’s memory. The plan is to scan in the artwork of the 25,000 vinyl LPs and 40,000 singles in Peel’s record collection, and add the DJ’s personal notes and other useful information to each record. Actual recordings won’t be included for licensing reasons, though links to streaming services will be provided where possible and it’s hoped that music from the Peel Session archives will also be made available via the online project, which is backed by Peel’s widow Sheila Ravenscroft and funded by the Arts Council.
Ravenscroft told The Guardian: “There’ll be information about the record sleeve, front and back, all the information about the record itself, as well as whether John rated the album or not. I think people are going to be very interested as to what’s in the collection. They will be amused and intrigued by it”.
You can find the archive via this link.
